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Benchmarking Washington DC Will Lower its Benchmarking Threshold to 10,000 Square Feet The District of Columbia enforces some of the nation’s most stringent benchmarking rules. Starting in 2026, these requirements will extend to nearly every Andrew Zimdahl/December 9, 2024 Benchmarking DOEE Enforcement Letters: What You Need To Know If you own or manage a building in Washington, D.C., you may have come across various notices from the Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE). These Andrew Zimdahl/December 9, 2024 Benchmarking Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) and Benchmarking in Montgomery County and Maryland Following in the footsteps of Washington, D.C. and many other Jurisdictions, Montgomery County and the State of Maryland are implementing Building Energy Honeydew/October 14, 2024 Benchmarking Smart Thermostat Systems Now Available for No Cost in Maryland Maryland Heatwave Highlights Urgent Need for Efficient Cooling in Multifamily Buildings Maryland has been experiencing an intense heatwave throughout the Andrew Zimdahl/August 6, 2024 Benchmarking How Heat Pumps Create Energy Out of Thin Air Background The blog post we published back in March entitled “How Ditching Natural Gas Service” generated quite a bit of buzz and we received a good deal Andrew Zimdahl/August 5, 2024 DC How Condominium Association and Cooperatives can use the Solar ITC The 30% Investment Tax Credit (ITC) transformed solar projects in DC, reducing costs and speeding up the shift to renewable energy. Additionally, this tax Andrew Zimdahl/July 3, 2024 Benchmarking Condo and Co-op Homeowners Step Up Advocacy for Fair BEPS Policy in DC CAI : Community Association Institute BEPS : Building Energy Performance Standards Condominium and Coop homeowners, representing nearly one-third of DC Andrew Zimdahl/July 3, 2024 Benchmarking City of Miami Benchmarking Requirements As Miami continues to address the impacts of climate change, the city has implemented a robust initiative to improve energy and water efficiency in large Julian Belilty/June 5, 2024 BEPS Mayor Bowser’s Proposed Budget Will Kill Solar in DC: Your Voice Matters! As Washington, DC strives toward its ambitious clean energy goals, Mayor Bowser’s recent budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2024 and 2025 proposes policy Julian Belilty/May 8, 2024 DC 2024-25 DC PEPCO Rates Submission PEPCO typically files its rate proposals in early March prior to the summer rate change on June 1st. However, navigating through these byzantine tariffs Honeydew/April 1, 2024 DC DC Maryland Virginia Natural Gas Market Report As the weather breaks and the cherry blossoms begin to bloom, this time of the year marks the conclusion of one the warmest winters in the DMV’s history. Honeydew/April 1, 2024 Benchmarking How Ditching Natural Gas Service Can Wreck An Energy Star Score Washington D.C.’s Building Energy Performance Standards (BEPS) set a threshold for building energy efficiency, measured by the Energy Star Score. Andrew Zimdahl/March 28, 2024

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